असंख्याताश्च कल्पाख्या असंख्याताः पितामहाः । हरयश्चाप्यसंख्याता एक एव महेश्वरः
asaṃkhyātāśca kalpākhyā asaṃkhyātāḥ pitāmahāḥ | harayaścāpyasaṃkhyātā eka eva maheśvaraḥ
کلپ کہلانے والے چکر بے شمار ہیں، پِتامہ (برہما) بے شمار ہیں؛ ہری (وشنو) بھی بے شمار ہیں—مگر مہیشور ایک ہی ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: A cosmic tableau: innumerable kalpas and deity-forms receding into vastness, while a single radiant Maheśvara stands unmoving as the axis of all worlds.
Amid endless cosmic cycles and manifestations, the supreme principle is singular—Maheśvara as the unchanging reality.
Prabhāsakṣetra; the māhātmya uses cosmology to magnify Shaiva supremacy within the sacred landscape.
None; it is a theological proclamation emphasizing Śiva’s oneness.